Christmas 2016 around the world

A look at Christmas celebrations around the globe.

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Tehran, Iran

Iranian Christian worshippers attend Christmas mass at the Saint Joseph Chaldean- Assyrian Catholic church, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016. Most Iranian Christians are of the Armenian ethnicity, however and they are mostly adherent to the Gregorian faith. They celebrate the new year and then the Christmas on January 6. Iranian Christians are represented at the country's parliament. According to official figures published in 2011 some 120,000 Christians live in Iran, mostly in central and north-western parts of the country.